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       document.writeln(' <a href="http://futureresearch.pbworks.com/" target="_blank">Have your say!</a>');
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       document.writeln(' The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) invites Vocational Education and Training (VET) practitioners to have a say about a new set of research priorities on vocational education and training in Australia. There is a new blog which has been set up with 10 key themes, a discussion paper and summaries of emerging themes from consultations.');
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       document.writeln(' <a href="http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Gillard/Media/Releases/Pages/Article_091029_081356.aspx" target="_blank">Welcome home for successful Team Australia Skillaroos</a>');
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       document.writeln(' The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today hosted a welcome home reception for the 2009 Team Australia Skillaroos. The Skillaroos are a team of 26 young apprentices, trainees and vocational students who have recently returned from the 40th WorldSkills International Competition in Calgary, Canada. The WorldSkills competition represents 51 member countries and regions worldwide and was established in 1950, with Australia competing in every competition since 1988. This year, the team won 12 medals in ten categories, maintaining Australia\'s ranking of fifth in the world in this competition.');
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       document.writeln(' <a href="http://www.acci.asn.au/text_files/media_releases/2009/137-09.pdf" target="_blank">Industry calls for single national regulator for VET</a>');
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       document.writeln(' The Australian Council of Trade Unions, the Australian Industry Group, and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry today called on Training Ministers in all States and Territories to proceed, as a priority, with the establishment of a national regulator for the Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) system as agreed at the April 2009 COAG meeting.');
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       document.writeln(' <a href="http://www.deewr.gov.au/Ministers/Arbib/Media/Releases/Pages/Article_091016_150923.aspx" target="_blank">Government stimulus to Kickstart Apprenticeships</a>');
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       document.writeln(' The Federal Government will invest $100 million in a new Apprentice Kickstart program to support up to 21,000 young Australians entering traditional trades. The new program comes as a result of the final Keep Australia Working Report released today, which included recent figures showing people starting trade apprenticeships had dropped by more than 20 per cent during the economic downturn compared to numbers in 2008.');
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       document.writeln(' <a href="http://www.ncver.edu.au/research/proj/nr10021.pdf" target="_blank">Help shape the national VET research agenda</a>');
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       document.writeln(' If you are interested in putting your ideas forward on the national VET research priorities, then the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) wants to hear from you. This discussion paper, and the deliberations it aims to prompt, identifies a number of key themes related to priorities for future research. The deadline for submissions is Friday 18 December 2009.');
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       document.writeln(' <a href="http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=27932" target="_blank">New computers for campuses</a>');
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       document.writeln(' Academy and Polytechnic Campuses in Tasmania will benefit from the Commonwealth\'s Digital Education Revolution with the provision of a further new 1,000 new PCs/laptops or net-books over the life of the program.');
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       document.writeln(' <a href="http://flexenews.flexiblelearning.net.au/pub/pubType/EL/pubID/b398b73946e7f464cb1e/nc/dddad67094bd9220e2d2/interface.html" target="_blank">New resources for embedding e-portfolios</a>');
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       document.writeln(' The national training system\'s e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework has developed a suite of five brochures, each designed to answer the detailed questions from specific user groups within the vocational education and training (VET) system: learners, teachers and trainers, CEOs and managers, IT and teaching and learning support staff, and employer, professional bodies, and career services.');
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       document.writeln(' <a href="http://www.premier.sa.gov.au/news.php?id=5182&amp;page=1" target="_blank">Port Lincoln hosts national TAFE conference</a>');
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       document.writeln(' Vocational education and training (VET) programs, innovation and sustainability are the key themes at this year\'s TAFE in Rural and Isolated Communities conference. The biennial conference will explore recent announcements by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), including the Compact with Young Australians and the joint Commonwealth and State Productivity Places Program for existing workers and job seekers.');
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       document.writeln(' <a href="http://www.deewr.gov.au/ministers/gillard/media/releases/pages/article_090805_112912.aspx" target="_blank">Boost for community education infrastructure</a>');
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       document.writeln(' The Federal Government has announced the recipients of a $96 million investment across 150 projects to improve teaching and learning in the community education and training sector. The funding will help support training and jobs by providing up to $1.5 million per project for community education organisations to build new training infrastructure and upgrade their existing facilities. The new and upgraded infrastructure will support and improve training in employability, literacy and numeracy skills and help \'second chance\' learners to get work or further training.');
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       document.writeln(' <a href="http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/" target="_blank">Building communities in new Flex website</a>');
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       document.writeln(' The Australian Flexible Learning Framework\'s flexiblelearning.net.au e-learning hub allows practitioners and providers working in e-learning to connect with colleagues around Australia and internationally. It is interactive and user driven, featuring web 2.0 technologies which encourages the sharing of knowledge, experience and learning resources. In this session Kim Edgar, Manager for VET Projects at education.au provides a tour of the new site and demonstrates how to join groups, connect with colleagues and collaborate online.');
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